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Queensland, Australia Drivers Set To Get Emoji Number Plates (news.com.au)

Posted by msmash on from the it's-spreading dept.

The unusual move is set to be rolled out by Personalised Plates Queensland (PPQ) from next month, allowing drivers to adorn their number plates with a touch of emotion. From a report: Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) spokeswoman Rebecca Michael said it was no different from allowing drivers to express themselves with other available themes like their favorite footy team. "For quite some time we've seen that you can support your favourite team or your favourite town with a symbol on your number plate," Dr Michael told 7News Brisbane.

"And using an emoji is no different." But before your mind goes straight to the gutter, no, you won't be able to completely replace the letters and numbers on your number plate with an eggplant or smiling poo emoji. The smartphone symbols won't be included in rego numbers and are simply decorative.

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  1. Ugh by chinton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't this one of the signs of the coming Armageddon?

    1. Re:Ugh by thegarbz · · Score: 2

      If it is then the Armageddon is overdue. We've had these custom personalised plates for a while.

    2. Re:Ugh by drinkypoo · · Score: 2

      If it is then the Armageddon is overdue. We've had these custom personalised plates for a while.

      Who's we? Somewhere else in Oz? Here in the states, the wackiest symbols I can think of are on the California "KIDS" plates, which offer hand, heart, star or plus sign symbols, only one of which can be used only once on your plates. Many states also have specialty plates with a variety of backgrounds, or with one special image printed on the plate next to the characters.

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      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  2. Re:Distracted driving cases to increase. by thegarbz · · Score: 2

    Don't be stupid. If drivers get that distracted that actually looking at the car in front of them causes an accident then they are a Darwin award waiting to happen.

    That and we've had absurd personalised plates for the best part of 20 years.

  3. Misleading title by Red_Forman · · Score: 2

    Title: Queensland, Australia drivers set to get emoji number plates
    Reality: emojis will not replace the letters and numbers on the plate. They will only be decorative.